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development of an area in the gulf of mexico previously closed for drilling in the spending for the pentagon has increased by more than twenty billion dollars from its current levels not to try and get the sense americans are going to have to pinch and a bit more. liberals trying to push for an extension to one point three eight million americans unemployment benefits that were set to expire at the end of the month but to no avail that is not in a deal the lurkers will have to contribute more to their pensions and airline travelers will have to pay higher security fees. but don't worry the start thinking that political gridlock in the nation's capital is over and lawmakers are sitting in a circle singing cole might not look one another. keep this in mind. the one hundred thirteenth congress in the least productive group of people in decades. they have passed a seven time that you are male. and then harry truman's do nothing congress in eighteen forty eight and twenty two fewer than last year. so what are they doing with their time if they are passing legislation the correspondent kerri and b
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you want strategy, it is the pentagon. intelligence, the pentagon will do that. a at the your assistance, the pentagon was the source of all knowledge. this was rumsfeld and the people working under and did not see a need to look to anybody else. it is hard to say this, but maybe the pentagon got used to this pattern. it is hard to change that. maybe that is part of the problem. that is not the whole problem, but i think that it raises some serious questions in terms of the role that you have been conditioned or have taken in don't want to concede. >> you are absolutely correct. and particularly because we came out of iraq with a feeling that the pentagon said the date. it was very different from vietnam. the military did not come out with a sense that they have saved the day. the day was saved by civilians and negotiations in paris. but in iraq they were the ones to solve the problem in their own mind. and, yes, i think that is actually raising an important question as to whether the obama administration has really actually been able to move away from the bush s
you want strategy, it is the pentagon. intelligence, the pentagon will do that. a at the your assistance, the pentagon was the source of all knowledge. this was rumsfeld and the people working under and did not see a need to look to anybody else. it is hard to say this, but maybe the pentagon got used to this pattern. it is hard to change that. maybe that is part of the problem. that is not the whole problem, but i think that it raises some serious questions in terms of the role that you have...
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no specific proposal from the pentagon's top leadership, and that was really disappointing. for that commission to have a chance to put up there some specific proposals that could then be vetted and discussed and so forth, they needed a starting point from the pentagon. the pentagon has not advocated a proposal that a lot of people have put their hopes in, and that is a disappointment. they will continue to work and we will see that they come up with. we have to see whether the current pay and benefits system has affected our getting and keeping top quality folks. one example, we're going to increasingly need top-quality technical folks who can deal in the realm of cyber. we are competing with google and microsoft and all of those companies. maybe the current personnel system and the way we compensate people with a 20 year retirement plan is not what you need to recruit and retain those folks. my point is, in addition to trying to look at curtailing the long-term costs of the current personnel system, i think you also have to look and see whether the current system is effect
no specific proposal from the pentagon's top leadership, and that was really disappointing. for that commission to have a chance to put up there some specific proposals that could then be vetted and discussed and so forth, they needed a starting point from the pentagon. the pentagon has not advocated a proposal that a lot of people have put their hopes in, and that is a disappointment. they will continue to work and we will see that they come up with. we have to see whether the current pay and...
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host: if you do not cut from the pentagon, where does the money come from? guest: well, twofold when you try to balance the budget. i used to teach home economics. you can decrease spending or increase revenue. first and foremost, if we could put some revenue-enhancing opportunities for growth, and i'm not talking about tax increases, but getting jobs back, that would bring more revenue back into the country. something simple is to approve the keystone pipeline, which would provide more jobs. if we could provide more certainty for job creators, i know businesses would grow. he would hire. a part of that is to have certainty about our health care intem, which right now is major turmoil. employers do not know what to expect from the president's health care plan and their implications, so they are not hiring and they are laying off workers. if we could get that right, that would make a huge difference for our economy. the other thing is to spend wisely. budget,60% of the mandatory spending categories, and that is driving up the budget. it is time to be smart an
host: if you do not cut from the pentagon, where does the money come from? guest: well, twofold when you try to balance the budget. i used to teach home economics. you can decrease spending or increase revenue. first and foremost, if we could put some revenue-enhancing opportunities for growth, and i'm not talking about tax increases, but getting jobs back, that would bring more revenue back into the country. something simple is to approve the keystone pipeline, which would provide more jobs....
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you want diplomacy, the pentagon will set it up. you want strategy, it's the pentagon. you want intelligent, the pentagon will do. you want a a d. or assistance from the pentagon was the source for all knowledge and all progress. and they pretty much, and this is rumsfeld and the people working under him, did not see a need to look to anybody else. it's hard to say this but maybe the pentagon got used to this, maybe this pattern became so -- it's hard to change that. maybe that's part of the problem. it's not the whole problem by think that it raises some series questions in terms of the role you have been conditioned or you taken and you don't want to secede it. >> guest: you're absolutely correct. particularly because we came out of iraq feeling that the pentagon saved the day. very different from vietnam with the military didn't come out with a sense that they had saved the day. the day was saved by civilians in negotiations in paris the in iraq, they were the ones who solve the problem, in their own mind. and jess, and i think that's actually raises an important que
you want diplomacy, the pentagon will set it up. you want strategy, it's the pentagon. you want intelligent, the pentagon will do. you want a a d. or assistance from the pentagon was the source for all knowledge and all progress. and they pretty much, and this is rumsfeld and the people working under him, did not see a need to look to anybody else. it's hard to say this but maybe the pentagon got used to this, maybe this pattern became so -- it's hard to change that. maybe that's part of the...
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strategies are devised from the bottom up in both the pentagon and the congress. in the pentagon, requirements are generated through a process that michelle understands better than i do. i have tried. i will tell you that by the time that process would reach the level of michelle, it is not fully baked. it is substantially day. it is not impossible for a gifted bureaucrat michelle's level to move that ross is, but it is challenging. , but it is challenging. a lot of bargains have been strapped and he gets very hard even to the pentagon leadership to fundamentally reorient it. in the congress, a parallel processes happening. it originates in the congressional districts and with constituent enterprises. works its way up through individual congressmen. at the top level, we decry an absence of leadership. thent you to see, among most highly motivated congressmen and secretaries of defense, the system makes it to makey difficult agile, strategic moves for reorientation. it is not impossible to beat this. you had a very high degree of clarity at the top, and that clarit
strategies are devised from the bottom up in both the pentagon and the congress. in the pentagon, requirements are generated through a process that michelle understands better than i do. i have tried. i will tell you that by the time that process would reach the level of michelle, it is not fully baked. it is substantially day. it is not impossible for a gifted bureaucrat michelle's level to move that ross is, but it is challenging. , but it is challenging. a lot of bargains have been strapped...
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we will take up these issues tonight with retired four-star army general jack sheehan, former pentagon official k. t. mcfarland, a retired lieutenant colonel oliver north among our guests. we begin with the extraordinary approach taken by president obama, declaring he made a decision to attack but turning at the same time to congress for their reproval after making the case over the weekend that he is the only one with legal authority to proceed with military action against syria. fox news chief white house correspondent ed henry has our report. >> i am going to be working with congress. >> reporter: remove for president obama who pavlov makers at arm's length for nearly five years, often bypassing them. now he is on defensend needs congress to help authorize the u.s. military mission in syria, so he is finally starting to make his case. >> i am a decision that america should take action, but i'll also believe that we will be much more effective, stronger if we take action together as one denton. said he is confident the resolution will pass, though behind the scenes his aides are stil
we will take up these issues tonight with retired four-star army general jack sheehan, former pentagon official k. t. mcfarland, a retired lieutenant colonel oliver north among our guests. we begin with the extraordinary approach taken by president obama, declaring he made a decision to attack but turning at the same time to congress for their reproval after making the case over the weekend that he is the only one with legal authority to proceed with military action against syria. fox news...
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pentagon spokesman george little tried to reassure american allies, quote, remaintain full confidence in our weapons flat s platforms, the suggestions that there are leaks are incorrect, chinese government balked at the newer accusation. >> we've said many times that cyberattacks are a global technology, since it is technically untraceable it is difficult to find the source and identify the hacker. >> reporter:white house said that issue of cyberattacks will be brought up when president obama meets the chinese president next month in california, lou. lou: thank you very much, jennifer griffin. >> meanwhile development in syria putting new pressure on obama administration. european union has lifted arms embargo as new reports of chemical weapon use by assad regime emerge. a u.s. senator is freelancing with we rebel leaders over the memorial day weekend, we turn to fox news chief white house correspondent ed henry. >> reporter: obama administration tried to put the best face on e.u.'s decision to end its arms open barringo on syria. >> it sends a message to assad regime that support for
pentagon spokesman george little tried to reassure american allies, quote, remaintain full confidence in our weapons flat s platforms, the suggestions that there are leaks are incorrect, chinese government balked at the newer accusation. >> we've said many times that cyberattacks are a global technology, since it is technically untraceable it is difficult to find the source and identify the hacker. >> reporter:white house said that issue of cyberattacks will be brought up when...
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>> i've talked to several of my friends in the pentagon, and i'll just reflect what they say. they were locked and cocked and ready to go on this operation. they were emotionally charged. they were reaching that, you know, tactical culminating point, and all of the sudden the air went out of this particular operation. they're having a tough time explaining to their counterparts what this is all about as it relates to the u.s. military. >> major general, i also want to ask you about not only the delay, the number of leaks and the amount of information that has come out in reference to what we were planning to do. we know that we have five warships out there. we know that they're armed with tomahawk missiles. we know the targets they were going after. how is this going to affect our response, the delays along with the leaks? >> well, i tell you, heather, the way it was put to me by one official, he said you know what, bob? the longer we delay, the more we leak, the more transparent we are, the less tactical surprise we have. this goes from a strike really more in to something ak
>> i've talked to several of my friends in the pentagon, and i'll just reflect what they say. they were locked and cocked and ready to go on this operation. they were emotionally charged. they were reaching that, you know, tactical culminating point, and all of the sudden the air went out of this particular operation. they're having a tough time explaining to their counterparts what this is all about as it relates to the u.s. military. >> major general, i also want to ask you about...
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with us against those who trained and supported and applaud the deranged fanatics who flew airports pentagon anded 14 people in fort hood and soldiers in little rock and planted ied's on the road side in stanford and iraq to kill those. i have a hard time convincing americans why it does matter that we act like friends to our friends and stop believes that our are not that different after all. >> israel is the only in the middle east who mirrors our equal of human beings and freedom and value of education and power of dissent even with one's only government and the right of the people to their government without ballots and bullets and bombs. the president could with draw the nomination of chuck hagel as defense security. he is so ignorant of the real enemy we face he believe that is iran can be trusted and israel can't. high would be better suited for taking tickets at yellow stone than defending against the treats. ip hope you will call and e-mail your senator to use common sense and while acknowledging that the president has the privilege to name his team. he doesn't have the right to put
with us against those who trained and supported and applaud the deranged fanatics who flew airports pentagon anded 14 people in fort hood and soldiers in little rock and planted ied's on the road side in stanford and iraq to kill those. i have a hard time convincing americans why it does matter that we act like friends to our friends and stop believes that our are not that different after all. >> israel is the only in the middle east who mirrors our equal of human beings and freedom and...
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and according to pentagon officials that reaction could come within days. we begin in damascus. we're joined by a freelance reporter via telephone. we are not identifying her for her safety. >> reporter: it's a very mixed reaction, some people are angry at the syrian government for letting things come to this. one woman was saying why can't assad just step down already. it's clear he has become an excuse for the west to attack us. a lot of whether they are pro or anti-syrian government, they are very worried. i hear a lot of people referencing iraq. one man who supports the strike was saying that if they hit civilian targets like in iraq or against libya, then thousands of syrians could be at risk. you know, that's not something they want to deal with in addition to what they have already dealt with for two and a half years. and then there are those that say let's say we have the strike then what? >> what has the discussion been like in damascus between people about the international community focusing on this alledged chemical attack last week? >> they wonder what is the object
and according to pentagon officials that reaction could come within days. we begin in damascus. we're joined by a freelance reporter via telephone. we are not identifying her for her safety. >> reporter: it's a very mixed reaction, some people are angry at the syrian government for letting things come to this. one woman was saying why can't assad just step down already. it's clear he has become an excuse for the west to attack us. a lot of whether they are pro or anti-syrian government,...
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a report by the pentagon last month highlighted china's growing capabilities to use space-based assets at times of crisis. this carries the space stream of the chinese nation and shows the bravery of the chinese people. you have made us feel proud of ourselves. the mission is both glorious and they grade and i am confident it you completing the mission successfully. i wish you success and look forward to your triumphant return. >> it will take almost two days before the craft docks on the jewel. that is significantly longer than the six-hour trip by the russians. it is the only way of getting to the international space station. yet, with every successful launch, china achieves another milestone as it catches up on the global space race. al jazeera. ♪ >> hi. i'm thuy vu, and i'd like to welcome to you this special presentation of the award-winning documentary "the power of two." it's a powerful look into the lives of twin sisters born with cystic fibrosis and their struggle to fight this often fatal genetic disease. their inspiring story is next, and later in the broadcast, they'll jo
a report by the pentagon last month highlighted china's growing capabilities to use space-based assets at times of crisis. this carries the space stream of the chinese nation and shows the bravery of the chinese people. you have made us feel proud of ourselves. the mission is both glorious and they grade and i am confident it you completing the mission successfully. i wish you success and look forward to your triumphant return. >> it will take almost two days before the craft docks on the...
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do you feel like someone -- some people in the pentagon should be fired? >> i do not think so. i do not think chuck hagel should be resign -- should resign. we have this crisis now. it is a self-inflicted wound. congress passed the bill. the president signed it. we're going from crisis to crisis unless the debt ceiling is raised and people are put back to work. we have all of the self- inflicted wounds which are the because one small party faction is controlling the republican party. i do not think it is anybody's fault except the tea party republicans are holding the entire washington establishment hostage. , thank you very much for being with us. >> thank you. we continue the conversation with our reporters representing foreign policy and cq roll call. let me get my asking about syria. a story that was so front and homage to the back of newspapers. >> it is really quite striking. it shows you the short attention span of the political elite and possibly the rest of america has on syria. how little theoo american people really wanted to get involved in syria in the first place.
do you feel like someone -- some people in the pentagon should be fired? >> i do not think so. i do not think chuck hagel should be resign -- should resign. we have this crisis now. it is a self-inflicted wound. congress passed the bill. the president signed it. we're going from crisis to crisis unless the debt ceiling is raised and people are put back to work. we have all of the self- inflicted wounds which are the because one small party faction is controlling the republican party. i do...
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and the pentagon will continue to make preparations for an attack on government forces. >> ok, the obama administration says it is evaluating its next step. what goal would any military intervention have? >> that is a very good question. i am not sure where i can find a good answer to that. assad's can take out air force. that is not a big problem. that would shift the situation of the war on the ground, but what would be the strategy afterwards? is there any sort of syrian strategy in the white house? i do not think so. it is interesting to listen to what colin powell, the former secretary of state, said today. he is very much to against an intervention i n syria, asking what will happen afterwards if islamists or al qaeda affiliates will take over? is the situation on the ground much better? i do not think so. you can hear other voices in washington. senator john mccain or senator volcker from tennessee. they are saying that that he would like to see an immediate military response from washington. >> thanks very much. to egypt now where the country's crisis moved to two courtrooms on s
and the pentagon will continue to make preparations for an attack on government forces. >> ok, the obama administration says it is evaluating its next step. what goal would any military intervention have? >> that is a very good question. i am not sure where i can find a good answer to that. assad's can take out air force. that is not a big problem. that would shift the situation of the war on the ground, but what would be the strategy afterwards? is there any sort of syrian strategy...
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he was speaking at a pentagon news conference. the british defense secretary, who said any action would be based on very high quality intelligenced a miss nibble a court of law. so, they're rethinking this idea of arming the syrian rebels. it sounds like a trial balloon to me. sounds like they're about to test out reaction. we'll flick jennifer griffin from the pentagon. we'll play the sound for you from secretary haigle and let you decide and then we'll get some analysis. the obama administration rethinking whether to arm the syrian rebels. and there's one other thing. the houston airport shooting? we now have from authorities that a man walked in, fired two shots in the air with an ar-15, and the while in the security line shot himself in the head. imagine what that was like? there are terrible reports out here that -- i'm not sure about them but there are multiple reports he was dressed up like an el -- elf. why a man walks into the airport, fires shots into the air, and then blows his open head off, imagine you're standing nex
he was speaking at a pentagon news conference. the british defense secretary, who said any action would be based on very high quality intelligenced a miss nibble a court of law. so, they're rethinking this idea of arming the syrian rebels. it sounds like a trial balloon to me. sounds like they're about to test out reaction. we'll flick jennifer griffin from the pentagon. we'll play the sound for you from secretary haigle and let you decide and then we'll get some analysis. the obama...
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troops. >> trace: is it -- the fact the pentagon can't counter this, is that the problem? which seems a little scary. talk about chinese getting some of our vital information. you know north korea is right on the edge of going off the cliff, and now you have reports there's a possible the pentagon can't counter this. >> you know, interestingly, our military systems are pretty well protected. they haven't always been but we have learned and protected them. what the chinese did some response is start attacking the periphery, the contractors and even the subcontractors we depend on for these various systems, and they have been fairly successful. all of these folks are very careful. they have cios and chief information security officers and fire walls and antivirus but the fact of the matter is they're still getting through and we have exposed our defense system and have given them a tremendous advantage by providing them billions, maybe even trillions of dollars worth of research they don't have to do because they can rely on ours. >> that's the whole thing you. talk about pr
troops. >> trace: is it -- the fact the pentagon can't counter this, is that the problem? which seems a little scary. talk about chinese getting some of our vital information. you know north korea is right on the edge of going off the cliff, and now you have reports there's a possible the pentagon can't counter this. >> you know, interestingly, our military systems are pretty well protected. they haven't always been but we have learned and protected them. what the chinese did some...
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. >> the next thing you know they attacked the pentagon and they were horrified. neil: no matter what we do whether we when we get involved in these things or not. you can wish about this, why can't we all get along or be agreeable. that some people have chosen to be disagreeable and wage war against the united states on what you make of the prompting of this tentative approach? >> americans are tired of war it's like we are tired of it all. harry truman.run out of office for standing up to the communists in north korea. does anyone think that that was a waste of money and the lives and it wasn't important for us to draw a line in the sand and drive the north koreans out? today it was popular and back then it was fairly unpopular. we get tired of going to war. in the cold war many people wanted to get out of bed. neil: it is the middle east. what about the interest? >> well, it's the middle east, so there's a lot of interest. neil: neil: do we hook up to the wrong team? >> we don't always talk about the wrong team. we know who has declared war on us. iran is on th
. >> the next thing you know they attacked the pentagon and they were horrified. neil: no matter what we do whether we when we get involved in these things or not. you can wish about this, why can't we all get along or be agreeable. that some people have chosen to be disagreeable and wage war against the united states on what you make of the prompting of this tentative approach? >> americans are tired of war it's like we are tired of it all. harry truman.run out of office for...
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when i first read the pentagon papers, i did not read the pentagon papers until the case was over. i read parts of the pentagon papers. and those with the parts that the government claimed were dangerous because that was the basis of their going to court. they said that if this was published in the middle of the war it will frustrate our efforts to handle the war and otherwise harm national security and so our job in defending the times was to persuade the courts but that was not so or that even if it was potentially so, publish information and use and the like about the war that no injunction should be entered. that is so it all began. that was then thinking from the time it began. >> and why was it so important that the public access? >> what was important about it is that it really showed that duplicity of the government. mostly it is simply not telling them that we were getting more in baltimore and baltimore involved. and otherwise simply not presenting the full or maybe even anything like the picture of the situation there at the time we began the pentagon papers ended in 196
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so they're doing everything they can in concert with the hawks in washington, kerry, those in the pentagon establishment who want to go in, as they did in iraq in 2003, as they bombed libya in 2011, as they want to do again in syria. this is a stage provocation. >> i want to get you in here. do you believe that the u.s. has the moral impertive to get involved in syria if there is proof of chemical weapons used by the assad regime. now, given how difficult it will be to ascertain who used the chemical weapons with 100% certainty, what do you think the next move from the global community should be? >> i'll put usage of chemical weapons in prentsdz sis to highlight it. until now we don't know for sure who used the chemical weapons in seer yafment we know there were chemical weapons used but we are not certain, + not even to a minimum degree to justify military intervention. however,f the proof is concrete to prove that the syrian regime has used chemical weapons, then definitely the united states and the others have a mobile obligation. however, the track record of u.s. administrations with a
so they're doing everything they can in concert with the hawks in washington, kerry, those in the pentagon establishment who want to go in, as they did in iraq in 2003, as they bombed libya in 2011, as they want to do again in syria. this is a stage provocation. >> i want to get you in here. do you believe that the u.s. has the moral impertive to get involved in syria if there is proof of chemical weapons used by the assad regime. now, given how difficult it will be to ascertain who used...
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joining us now to talk about all of this, former pentagon official, fox news national security analyst. the idea that there are going to enforce sanctions now, is that some sort of quid pro quo? >> i think so. the administration is trying to say, we are tough. and you're going to do these things over here, enforce sanctions which should have been in force before the and assure you that you should not go ahead and have new and additional sanctions while negotiating -- negotiating. lou: does it not also raise the question in any serious public servant mind, why in the world has this administration permitted these covert relationship to be created and maintained between western companies and the iranians national tanker company. lou: -- >> they should have shut it down all long time ago. they have been enforced somewhat but not complete which is why you're seeing is bullish on the part of some who are critical to say, why don't we just in force will we have. they always try to get more. but the sanctionsave brought the iranians to initiating table , and i think it is foolish of us to give
joining us now to talk about all of this, former pentagon official, fox news national security analyst. the idea that there are going to enforce sanctions now, is that some sort of quid pro quo? >> i think so. the administration is trying to say, we are tough. and you're going to do these things over here, enforce sanctions which should have been in force before the and assure you that you should not go ahead and have new and additional sanctions while negotiating -- negotiating. lou:...
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when the pentagon says they're decommission it, people say you cannot do that. the battle over the size of the national guard. congress has got to wake up and understand the budgets are getting smaller. intelligentome decisions and scissor trying to defend every little piece of the budget. i think the pentagon tried to take a holistic approach. i hope they start to be more cooperative. we can make sure that we have the training equipment necessary for the military. >> this budget that will be dropping is probably going to be the first one we have seen that will confirm with the caps we have seen in the budget control act. smith were the secretary of defense, where would the cuts most heavily fall? we were talking about compensation and benefits. this will not go until may or june. this probably will not reform the alteration bills. make of reduction specifically? >> certainly you have to look at the personnel side. i think there's money to be saved on the nuclear side. over 51 hundred nuclear warheads which more than meets our needs going forward. there are ways
when the pentagon says they're decommission it, people say you cannot do that. the battle over the size of the national guard. congress has got to wake up and understand the budgets are getting smaller. intelligentome decisions and scissor trying to defend every little piece of the budget. i think the pentagon tried to take a holistic approach. i hope they start to be more cooperative. we can make sure that we have the training equipment necessary for the military. >> this budget that...
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is planning a limited strike, pentagon sources say. four u.s. navy destroyers are in position and at least one nuclear powered submarine. a british sub is also available if parliament approves it in a vote slated for thursday. >> what we are looking at is shock and awe, crews miscellaneous i will, some sea delivered and air delivered platforms. >> reporter: the problem with tomorrahawk tomahawks, they don't always deliver the same effect. >> mostly it is just that we don't get the result we hoped for. the leader of the country, bad guy that that leader may be, doesn't give up, so it leads to wider war. >> reporter: nato called an emergency meeting in brussels wednesday. no decision to strike is likely to be made before then. bret? >> jennifer griffin live at the pentagon. let's look at the reason for a move. jack keene is currently chairman of the ins tult for the study of war. thanks for being here. >> good to be here, bret. >> first of all, we haven't seen the intelligence laid out from the administration as of yet. is there any doubt knowing
is planning a limited strike, pentagon sources say. four u.s. navy destroyers are in position and at least one nuclear powered submarine. a british sub is also available if parliament approves it in a vote slated for thursday. >> what we are looking at is shock and awe, crews miscellaneous i will, some sea delivered and air delivered platforms. >> reporter: the problem with tomorrahawk tomahawks, they don't always deliver the same effect. >> mostly it is just that we don't get...
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stern warnings from the pentagon. what is at stake if congress does not avoid billion dollar budget cuts. >> we are seeing lake effect snow showers downwind of the great lakes. cold weather and an active weather is here to stay. live look outdoors with clouds in place. >> grim warnings from the pentagon this afternoon. massive furloughs are pending for civilian employees if lawmakers don't avoid the sequester. with just nine days left, the president is continuing his own plea for negotiations. >> the fight over $1.20 trillion over across the board spending cuts is raging on even with lawmakers out of town. today it is the pentagon's turn to warn congress did more than 700,000 civilian employees would take one day off a week without pay. yesterday president obama blamed republicans for holding up a deal. he was surrounded at the white house by emergency responders that the president said could lose their jobs. >> these cuts are not smart, not fair, they will hurt our economy. >> the president wants to replace the cuts
stern warnings from the pentagon. what is at stake if congress does not avoid billion dollar budget cuts. >> we are seeing lake effect snow showers downwind of the great lakes. cold weather and an active weather is here to stay. live look outdoors with clouds in place. >> grim warnings from the pentagon this afternoon. massive furloughs are pending for civilian employees if lawmakers don't avoid the sequester. with just nine days left, the president is continuing his own plea for...
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president pick for the pentagon is drilled by the former colleague. we get reaction from the fox all-stars when we return. [ male announcer ] it's simple physics... a body at rest tends to stay at rest... while a body in motion tends to stay in motion. staying active can actually ease arthritis symptoms. but if you have arthritis, staying active can be difficult. prescription celebrex can help relieve arthritis pain so your body can stay in motion. because just one 200mg celebrex a day can provide 24 hour relief for many with arthritis pain and inflammation. plus, in clinical studies, celebrex is proven to improve daily physical function so moving is easier. celebrex can be taken with or without food. and it's not a narcotic. you and your doctor should balance the benefits with the risks. all prescription nsaids, like celebrex, ibuprofen, naproxen and meloxicam have the same cardiovascular warning. they all may increase the chance of heart attack or stroke, which can lead to death. this chance increases if you have heart disease or risk factors such a
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jennifer griffin is at the pentagon. but we begin with chief white house correspondent, ed henry on the politics of the syria crisis both here and overseas and where we are right now. good evening, ed. >> reporter: good evening. they believe that not only that chemical weapons were used but that they can pin it on the sire yan -- syrian government. secretary john kerry flatly declared president obama believes there must be accountability for the use of what he called the world's most heinous weapons. >> what we saw in syria last week should shock the conscience of the world. it defies any code of morality. let me be clear. the indiscriminate slaughter of civilians, the killing of women and children and innocent bystanders by chemical weapons is a moral obscenity. >> reporter: kerry's strong response came as u.n. inspectors were finally let in. syrian dictator assad blocked entry for five days. and they seemed to make the legal case for military action declaring the evidence against assad is grounded in fact. >> there is
jennifer griffin is at the pentagon. but we begin with chief white house correspondent, ed henry on the politics of the syria crisis both here and overseas and where we are right now. good evening, ed. >> reporter: good evening. they believe that not only that chemical weapons were used but that they can pin it on the sire yan -- syrian government. secretary john kerry flatly declared president obama believes there must be accountability for the use of what he called the world's most...
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when you go to the pentagon and many facilities, you have to scan your badge in to get in, but in some places you have to actually pass a guard who has to actually get eyes on that badge, make sure the picture matches the face, make sure that the date matches the time frame that the badge is being used. there are a lot of concerns considering the number of people -- there's a lot of people in the military and intelligence community that go into these bases. there are civilians that go in there, so there are always opportunities for this kind of thing to happen. this is just one of those unfortunate moments where something like this slips through the cracks, and i can tell you for sure that security officials are looking very closely at how this took place today. >> how would you see the military changing security in light of this? >> one thing that is very clear about this particular situation is the need to -- and i'm thinking -- they need to make sure that when someone is -- is -- is separated from a service or when there is an action that's taken, which is what i'm told was a part o
when you go to the pentagon and many facilities, you have to scan your badge in to get in, but in some places you have to actually pass a guard who has to actually get eyes on that badge, make sure the picture matches the face, make sure that the date matches the time frame that the badge is being used. there are a lot of concerns considering the number of people -- there's a lot of people in the military and intelligence community that go into these bases. there are civilians that go in there,...
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but we begin with national security correspondent jennifer griffin at the pentagon. >> good evening, jennifer. >> good evening, bret. after two days of political gripping the congress scrambled to make a resolution to make things right. >> reporter: they paid the ultimate sacrifice for the nation and their families were paid the ultimate insult. denied the $100,000 in death benefits and paid travel to dover air force base to meet their next of kin due to the partial government shutdown. sergeant joseph parts, first lieutenant jennifer marino, sergeant patrick hawkins and private first class codey patterson returned home from afghanistan. friends of sergeant peters who left behind a wife and 20-month-old son expressed concern. >> people lose their life. people losing their sons and daughters. their husbands, their wives. >> they have family waiting that need help. >> reporter: on the eve the shutdown, the president signed the way on military families act. they thought that law gave the pentagon the authority it needed to pay benefits. >> it's disgraceful that they're withholding these
but we begin with national security correspondent jennifer griffin at the pentagon. >> good evening, jennifer. >> good evening, bret. after two days of political gripping the congress scrambled to make a resolution to make things right. >> reporter: they paid the ultimate sacrifice for the nation and their families were paid the ultimate insult. denied the $100,000 in death benefits and paid travel to dover air force base to meet their next of kin due to the partial government...
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it provides more than a half trillion dollars for pentagon operations and also provides cash to help destroy syria's chemical weapons and prevents military commanders from overturning verdicts in sexual assault cases. this is coming into the newsroom. >>> amateur video showing a bomb squad officer helping rescue man from a fiery car crash on christmas day. this is on 405 freeway outside you can see the officer and two witnesses pulling the driver from burning car. look at this. the los angeles police department reports that i've was off-duty and just so happened to be driving by, a bomb squad truck they could flag down. police say he cut the driver's seatbelt to free him. the man was unconscious but otherwise not badly hurt. the bomb squad officer suffered first and second degree burns but is going to be okay. >>> a new study is suggesting one of the most common knee procedures may not be necessary. researches in finland studied two groups of patients, one group had surgery to help relieve pain in the cartilage that cushions the knee. the other patients only thought they had the proc
it provides more than a half trillion dollars for pentagon operations and also provides cash to help destroy syria's chemical weapons and prevents military commanders from overturning verdicts in sexual assault cases. this is coming into the newsroom. >>> amateur video showing a bomb squad officer helping rescue man from a fiery car crash on christmas day. this is on 405 freeway outside you can see the officer and two witnesses pulling the driver from burning car. look at this. the los...
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. -- google immerse a crowd source synchronized bombing a system that the pentagon spent billions of dollars the school kids are on the ground because they have access to connectivity that would have been impossible three of four years ago. as far as i can tell talking to kids on the ground those on the french task force at no time did they ever talk to each other it was self synchronized based on what they could figure out. a second example is a little more analog. in syria last your for a couple of bad agencies we start to see these little or merge vehicles appearing one of them was 6 feet longer than three fell wide with arbor on the outside. it had a machine gun mounted on top to be controlled remotely with a series of video cameras mounted on the outside actually the. pro on the top then inside was a flat screen tv in the whole thing driving the vehicle and the control was run through the flat screen television through the game boy. this is a backyard workshop. it does not make sense to have such debt tiny armored vehicle with a machine gun but seek it for this was a bit -- wher
. -- google immerse a crowd source synchronized bombing a system that the pentagon spent billions of dollars the school kids are on the ground because they have access to connectivity that would have been impossible three of four years ago. as far as i can tell talking to kids on the ground those on the french task force at no time did they ever talk to each other it was self synchronized based on what they could figure out. a second example is a little more analog. in syria last your for a...
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he was so accepted that he was invited by the pentagon to give a lecture inside the pentagon at a luncheon about the state of islam and the world. just to give you an idea of how bad intelligence wise. among the sandwiches they serve, he had bacon on it. so no wonder it went so swimmingly. [laughter] anwar al-awlaki was a guy who didn't come from a radical family. his parents are upstanding and amazing people. his dad is one of the most respected academics and he had come to the united states on a fulbright scholarship and created department of agricultural engineering with american officials in yemen and his wife tried to solve the crisis in this country. he was a guy who is radicalized by the u.s. authorities abroad and a at home. eventually he leaves and goes to yemen which is his family's homeland and he starts recording sermons on cds and audio tapes. it has become very popular around the world. and then they start to talk about terror investigations. he says that these speeches are going to incite individuals to commit acts of terrorism and so the united states colludes with the yeme
he was so accepted that he was invited by the pentagon to give a lecture inside the pentagon at a luncheon about the state of islam and the world. just to give you an idea of how bad intelligence wise. among the sandwiches they serve, he had bacon on it. so no wonder it went so swimmingly. [laughter] anwar al-awlaki was a guy who didn't come from a radical family. his parents are upstanding and amazing people. his dad is one of the most respected academics and he had come to the united states...
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we asked the house appropriations committee and we called the pentagon. here's a quick summary of those those calls went. >> no. >> no. >> no, no, no, no, no. >> noooooo! >> jon: chewy. i guess running a bureaucracy with a single goal is just too complicated. >> the obama campaign twice now has been one of the most effective campaign operation opn american history. >> jon: oh, yeah, that's right. they did run a very effective campaign operation. but we're talking about an online component here, taking two disparate databases and turning them into one gigantic debut. a billion dollars says that's impossible. >> at obama headquarters what they did finally was unite the databases they'd had from the first campaign, the fund-raising database, the polling database, all into one gigantic database. ( laughter ) >> jon: sure. you can do that when you're paying people with pizza. they can do almost anything. ( laughter ) these paper roars at the v.a. are already completely fragmented. you would need an incredibly sophisticate data mining operations to identify the
we asked the house appropriations committee and we called the pentagon. here's a quick summary of those those calls went. >> no. >> no. >> no, no, no, no, no. >> noooooo! >> jon: chewy. i guess running a bureaucracy with a single goal is just too complicated. >> the obama campaign twice now has been one of the most effective campaign operation opn american history. >> jon: oh, yeah, that's right. they did run a very effective campaign operation. but...
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this afternoon the head man of the pentagon gave a hint of what the president may be thinking. >> after a meeting with the british defense secretary obama administration moved one step closer to providing lethal aid to the opposition. >> you are rethinking to arming the rebels. >> yes. options include setting up a no fly zone and limited air strikes and or arming syrian rebels >> we have not thus far provided arms to the rebels. we never said it is not what we will not do. we will legally do what we can do. >> the embargo expires in the end of may. bashar assad made a rare public appearance and addressed his nation. >> in spite of all of the wounds and pain, we'll walk hand in happened for a brighter future for syria and walk forward and not scared by the bullets and terrorized by the hatred because we are in the right. >> the washington post editorial board pened a scathing condemnation of the american's president absence of leadership. >> it is muddier and his weak and legalistic words about the need to verify a chain of custody on chemical weapons use and his declaration that even a
this afternoon the head man of the pentagon gave a hint of what the president may be thinking. >> after a meeting with the british defense secretary obama administration moved one step closer to providing lethal aid to the opposition. >> you are rethinking to arming the rebels. >> yes. options include setting up a no fly zone and limited air strikes and or arming syrian rebels >> we have not thus far provided arms to the rebels. we never said it is not what we will not...
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and, yet, the pentagon gives specific instructions not to make death payments. ladies and gentlemen, this didn't fall through the cracks. they actually looked at it and said no money for you or your kid. the administration's latest excuse, our lawyers misinterpreted the law. seriously? but then again, that's no surprise. in over his head holder, the one who lied to congress and shipped drugs to the mexican drug dealers, is he just plain incompetent. and this guy, secretary of defense hagel, who sits at the citadel of the pentagon, the ranking member of the senate armed services committee, a member of his own party said he should never have been confirmed in the first place because hagel believes americans should apologize to our world adversaries, shun our friends and because we criticized the jewish lobby. secretary hagel, you call yourself a decorated combat veteran and you don't allow for these payments and then when the cat's out of the bag, you have the audacity, the hutzpah, the balls to show up at dover air force base for the first time as secretary of de
and, yet, the pentagon gives specific instructions not to make death payments. ladies and gentlemen, this didn't fall through the cracks. they actually looked at it and said no money for you or your kid. the administration's latest excuse, our lawyers misinterpreted the law. seriously? but then again, that's no surprise. in over his head holder, the one who lied to congress and shipped drugs to the mexican drug dealers, is he just plain incompetent. and this guy, secretary of defense hagel, who...
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that all comes out of the pentagon. that are a lot of talks have a real interest in seeing these talks succeed as well. you saying that this is just about sequestration basically. all the other fights that we saw, i different times or on a different policy front. >> republicans are not going to get in on revenues. they will not give in any affordable care act. it'll take over. it is an election year. this will be in november. for a lot of people it will be on primaries. the primary season begins very quickly in two thousand 14. particularly in the republican party, it is going to start playing itself out very quickly in the heartland, not in the lead conference rooms of washington. >> thank you both for your time. we appreciate it. [captioning performed by national captioning institute] [captions copyright national cable satellite corp. 2013] can see the interview with chris van hollen again later today at 6:00 p.m. eastern here on c-span. there's also a rebroadcast on c- span radio. c-span radio has a new channel radio
that all comes out of the pentagon. that are a lot of talks have a real interest in seeing these talks succeed as well. you saying that this is just about sequestration basically. all the other fights that we saw, i different times or on a different policy front. >> republicans are not going to get in on revenues. they will not give in any affordable care act. it'll take over. it is an election year. this will be in november. for a lot of people it will be on primaries. the primary season...
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cbs news reported friday the pentagon is considering launching cruise missiles, and is moving naval forces into place. potential targets include command bunkers and launchers used to fire chemical weapons. president obama told cnn the u.s. has to be mindful of the reaction. >> jumping into stuff, that does not turn out well. gets us mired in very difficult situations. can result in us being drawn in to very expensive, difficult, costly interventions that actually breed more resentment in the region. >> no one knows that better than former secretary of state colin powell who in 2003 made the case for war against iraq at the u.n.. he believes the u.s. should not get involved in a civil war. >> i have no affection for mr. assad. i have dealt with him. i know him. and he is pathological liar with respect to my interaction with him. but at the same time i'm less sure of the resistance. >> reporter: but doing nothing has its own consequences according to syrian expert andrew tabler. >> the problem is at this point if the red line is not held, we're going to have more refugees flowing out into sy
cbs news reported friday the pentagon is considering launching cruise missiles, and is moving naval forces into place. potential targets include command bunkers and launchers used to fire chemical weapons. president obama told cnn the u.s. has to be mindful of the reaction. >> jumping into stuff, that does not turn out well. gets us mired in very difficult situations. can result in us being drawn in to very expensive, difficult, costly interventions that actually breed more resentment in...
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joining us now, former pentagon official, fox news national security analyst, kt mcfarland, and author of the knewly released book, "the brotherhood: america's next great enemy," thank you, both, for being here. >> thank you. >> thank you. lou: kt, starting with you, the idea that the president wants to reurn, the administration wants to return to a democratically elected president, which is precisely what the egyptian people have demonstrated they want no more of after a year, think you would know more. >> well, those are not the actions anymore. the actions is can the military establish some kind of order because the option is not military againstmocracy. it's the military maybe gets a little bit of order going, or you have chaos and potentially another civil war. i thought, by the way, the introduction was great. you set up the fact that we were for the mubarak government before we were against them, and then we were for the morsi government before we against it, and for the military government before we were against it now. lou: thank you, and the with the -- the "we" referred ther
joining us now, former pentagon official, fox news national security analyst, kt mcfarland, and author of the knewly released book, "the brotherhood: america's next great enemy," thank you, both, for being here. >> thank you. >> thank you. lou: kt, starting with you, the idea that the president wants to reurn, the administration wants to return to a democratically elected president, which is precisely what the egyptian people have demonstrated they want no more of after a...
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the pentagon no longer has to worry about the safety in syria. now begins the process of analyzing all of the data and the evidence they collected in syria. things like hair and soil samples. the u.n. says it could take two or three weeks before they produce any type of report. however, it looks like the white house isn't in any, isn't going to wait for the u.n. report. secretary of state john kerry said the use of chemical whens by syria is "clear and convincing." kerry claiming the attack killed at least 1,42ed 9429 syrs and including 426 children. >> we know where the rockets were launched from and at what time and where they landed and when. we know rockets came only from the routine controlled areas. and went only to opposition control or contested neighborhood. >> uma: as confident as secretary of state was, he didn't lay out intelligence to back up the claim. in syria, there are clear signs they expect a strike any minute. syrian tv began airing special war programming today showing the patriotic music videos and the syrian troops in the f
the pentagon no longer has to worry about the safety in syria. now begins the process of analyzing all of the data and the evidence they collected in syria. things like hair and soil samples. the u.n. says it could take two or three weeks before they produce any type of report. however, it looks like the white house isn't in any, isn't going to wait for the u.n. report. secretary of state john kerry said the use of chemical whens by syria is "clear and convincing." kerry claiming the...
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. >> why the cia and not pentagon? >> the cia has authority to do it without running into red tape. >> you mean they have less rules? >> right. if the pentagon trained these rebels they would run into legal and bureaucratic tape such as the lahey vet process whereby the u.s. has to establish they are not supporting people that has dodgy human rights abuses. >> congress is upset they don't have control over a lot of decisions for war and happy he came to them. by him using the cia he bypasses congress and by doing this he bypasses the pentagon for control. >> when you look at this, the u.s. has done so through the cia, an agency equipped historically to do this. there is a desire to do this in a low profile way. >> we all know about it. >> that's true. >> russia and syria knows about it. they're waiting for it. >> that's true. there is a desire of keeping american troops from being injected in the syrian conflict. if you had american troops training them that would be provocative at a time the administration has been re
. >> why the cia and not pentagon? >> the cia has authority to do it without running into red tape. >> you mean they have less rules? >> right. if the pentagon trained these rebels they would run into legal and bureaucratic tape such as the lahey vet process whereby the u.s. has to establish they are not supporting people that has dodgy human rights abuses. >> congress is upset they don't have control over a lot of decisions for war and happy he came to them. by...